2003 Hiring Networking 
David Teten
JULY 9, 2012
Often, when startup founders first assemble teams, they hire familiar people – either people they know, or people like them. Those are good reasons to be friends, but poor reasons to hire someone. When you want to hire someone, you should strictly focus on hiring the best possible person for the open job. 2] Peter V.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2010
My original post was directed at hiring managers. It said that I didn’t believe it was a good idea to hire job hoppers. My view still stands – for many hiring managers a large factor in looking through resumes of somebody who is 30+ and has never worked somewhere for more than 18 months will be the job hopping element.
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David Teten
JULY 9, 2012
Often, when startup founders first assemble teams, they hire familiar people – either people they know, or people like them. Those are good reasons to be friends, but poor reasons to hire someone. When you want to hire someone, you should strictly focus on hiring the best possible person for the open job. 2] Peter V.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 4, 2011
I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). He told me in some combinations of device / OS / network they are crashing 4 times per 100. 40% of our revenue is coming from remnant banner ads served by ad networks. In 6 months?
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 9, 2009
million for a social networking site 18 months ago. It was 2003 and I was training for a marathon so I was in great shape (yes, I know this was YEARS ago but I did complete it in 3:57). I hired an executive recruiter and had 7 finalist candidates that I interviewed. And in the end I hired him. You raised $1.5
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
In case you haven’t heard of the website before, it allows you to register and hire professional consultants with top-tier qualifications, at a fraction of the cost you might otherwise have to pay, and in a fraction of the time. Rob Biederman, co-founder of HourlyNerd, has a funding story that wouldn’t be out of place in a movie.
reidhoffman.org
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
This gave me an idea: I could help many more entrepreneurs by making the deck available not just to the Greylock network of entrepreneurs, but to everyone. Friendster was at its height, strongly battling MySpace after raising its premium round from Benchmark and Kleiner in the fall of 2003. the evolution of LinkedIn as a company.
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